Will an imperfect vaccine curtail the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.07.006
Abstract: Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that emerged from Wuhan city of China in late December 2019 continue to pose devastating public health and economic challenges across the world. Although the community-wide implementation of basic non-pharmaceutical… read more here.
Keywords: covid; vaccine; immunity threshold; herd immunity ... See more keywords
Great Expectations of COVID-19 Herd Immunity
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03495-21
Abstract: There is a common preconception that reaching an estimated herd immunity threshold through vaccination will end the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the mathematical models underpinning this estimate make numerous assumptions that may not be met in… read more here.
Keywords: covid herd; herd immunity; immunity threshold; immunity ... See more keywords